Much has been made about business associates in HITECH and the HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule. In a previous post and in our webinar we hit on the high points – that much of HIPAA applies directly to business associates, and that business associates themselves have obligations relative to their business associates. Indeed, not only do… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: February 2013
The Final Omnibus HIPAA Rule: Are You Ready?
Posted in Enforcement, RulemakingAs we mentioned in last week’s Webinar on the HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule, there are less than nine short months for covered entities and their business associates (and all downstream business associates) to comply with the HIPAA final rules. For those entities that have already taken steps following the release of the HITECH interim rules, the… Continue Reading
Webinar: HHS Releases Long-Awaited Final Omnibus HIPAA Rule
Posted in RulemakingPresented by Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP On Thursday, Feb. 7, at noon, HealtHITech Law bloggers Lisa Reisz and Liam Gruzs will host a webinar discussing the release of the long-awaited final omnibus HIPAA rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The new rule includes sweeping changes to the HIPAA Privacy… Continue Reading